Cabinet.



PATENTED SEPT. 13, 1904. H. MOORORY & G. J. VOGEL.

CABINET.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 28. 1994.

. N0 MODEL.

Patented September 13, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY MGCROBY AND GEORGE J. VOGEL, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA. 9

CABINET.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 770,093, dated September 13, 1904. Application filed January 28, 1904. Serial No. 191,007. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY MoGRonY and GEORGE J. VoeEL, citizens of the United States of America, residing at Iittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cabinets, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in cabinets, and more particularly to that class in which a towel is mounted and means provided whereby the towel may be withdrawn from use at any time desired.

The object of our invention is to provide a cabinet in which a towel may be mounted, whereby a certain part of the towel may be exposed in order that the same may be economically used.

Another object of our invention is to provide a cabinet of this type in which a towel may be mounted,means being provided whereby the towel may be withdrawn from use at any desired time and whereby the same may be used by any person having a key to release the towel, so that the same may be used.

A further object of our invention is to pro' vide a cabinet which will present a neat appearance and may be readily used and operated by persons familiar with the same, and in the construction of the cabinet simplicity has been considered one of the essential features of the invention.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this application,wherein like numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views, in which Figure 1 is a front view of our improved cabinet. Fig. 2 is an end view of the cabinet. Fig. 3 is a View of the opposite end to that illustrated in Fig. 2. Fig. Lis a view of the end of the cabinet, illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings, with the slide removed therefrom and showing the position of the towel in dotted lines. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of one of the end plates. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the other end plate. Fig. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view of the cabinet. Fig. 8 is a view of one of the rods employed for securing the towel within the roller. Fig. 9 is a side view of one of the rollers. Fig. 10 is a similar view of one of the rollers, showing a modified form of means for securing the towel thereon. Fig. 11 is a view of a modified form of locking means. Fig. 12 is an edge view of the same as applied to the side of the cabinet. Fig. 13 is a detail view of one of the locking-pins and operating-crank.

In carrying out our invention we construct a cabinet which comprises the ends 1 and 2, and the front and rear walls 3 and 4:, and the top and bottom 5 and 6, which form the casing in which the towels are placed. To support this casing or cabinet upon the wall, we employ the hangers 7 which are attached to the rear wall 3 of the cabinet, and in order I that access may be .had to the cabinet to arrange the towels therein we hinge the front wall f of the cabinet, as indicated at 8, to the top 5. In this front wall we secure a mirror 9 for the convenience of the persons using the cabinet, and upon one end of this front wall we provide a slotted segment 10, which is secured thereto, as indicated at 11, this segment being adapted to engage with a screw 12, carried by the end wall 2 of the cabinet, and when it is desired to raise the front wall to the position indicated in dotted lines of Fig. 3 of the drawings the front wall is released by rotating the screw 12, at which time it may be raised to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3 of the drawings. A look 1a may be used to lock this front wall in the closed position when it is desired, this look being of any suitable construction which is applicable to this type of cabinet.

In the end wall 1 we provide a slide 15, whereby access may be had to the ends of the rollers, which are supported within the cabinet, this slide being adapted to operate in grooves 15, formed in the sides of the cutaway portion 15 of this end of the cabinet. A suitable lock 15' may be usedto lock this slide in its closed position, whereby access may be only had to the cabinet by persons having keys to the same.

Adjacent to the end wall 1 of the cabinet we secure a plate 16, and adjacent to the end wall 2 of the cabinet we secure a plate 17, between which plates is adapted to be supported the rollers which carry the towel, and in order to accomplish this we provide apertures 18 in the plate 17 and slots 19 in the plate 16, respectively, in which are adapted to rest the ends of the rollers 20, these rollers being provided on their one end with the contracted portions 20, which are adapted to rest in the base of the apertures 18 of the end plate 17, and upon the other end of the rollers we provide contracted portions 21, which are adapted to project into the apertures 18 of the plate 17. In the rollers 20 we have provided slots 23, in which the ends of the towel are adapted to be secured, and communicating with the ends of these slots we have provided apertures 21, whereby a rod 22, having a head 22 formed on its one end, may be secured in the roller, the head being provided to limit the movement of the rod within the roller. In order to secure the towel within the rollers, the end of the towel is placed in the slot of one of the rollers and the rod secured in said roller to prevent the end of the towel from becoming detached, and the other end of the towel is secured in a similar manner in the other of said rollers.

In Fig. 10 of the drawings we have illustrated a modified form of securing the towel upon the rollers, wherein a clip 24 is secured, by means of screws 24', to the face of a roller 20", and under these clips is adapted to be secured one end of the towel. Formed integral with the contracted end portions 21 of the rollers 20 we provide the square shank portions 25, through which also the apertures 21 pass, and these square shanks are adapted to project beyond the plate 16, whereby a crankhandle 29, having a square recess 29 formed in its one end, may be secured over the shanks 25, whereby the rollers may be rotated. To provide means for locking these rollers, we provide apertures 26 in the end of the rollers which are carried by the plate 16, and we also provide apertures 27 in the plate 16, these apertures being adapted to register with the apertures 26, formed in the end of the rollers, when the rollers have been placed in the cabinet. The reference-numeral 28 indicates a locking-pin, which may be placed in either one of these apertures to lock the roller in any desired position, and prior to placing the towels and rollers Within the cabinet a portion of the towel is wound around one of the rollers, whereby it may be gradually and at predetermined times fed out to be used when desired, and to permit the towel to pass out of the cabinet we provide an elongated slot rotating the rollers, which consists of providing the contracted end portions 21 of the roll. ers with a plate 31, and formed integral with this plate is a split 'or slotted nut 34. In the end wall 1 of the cabinet we provide an aperture 32, and in this aperture is adapted to be placed the handle 33 of the crank 35. It can be seen by this construction that the crank may be removed from the position shown in Fig. 12 of the drawings and reversedthat is, to have the handle extend outwardly whereby the roller may be rotated, and that the handle and crank may be again detached from the slotted nut and placed in position shown in Fig. 12 of the drawings, this construction serving to lock the rollers in any desired position.

We have employed the slide 15 to incase the ends of the rollers, whereby the same cannot be tampered with or rotated by any one, and it is by this means that as different surfaces of the towel become soiled a clean and fresh surface may be exposed for use.

By the use of the rollers described above it will be noted that a towel of considerable length may be wrapped or Wound upon the rollers and a certain portion or surface of the towel fed out for use at times when the portion of the towel that is exposed has become soiled, and while we have herein shown means for rotating these rollers it is obvious that any desired mechanism may be used to accomplish this purpose.

It will be apparent that slight changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the general spirit of our invention.

Having fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a towel-cabinet the combination of a casing, stationary plates located in the casing and having roller-bearings, two rollers mounted in said bearings, means on each roller for securing one end of a towel thereto, means located within the casing for locking both rollers, and means for closing and locking the casing to prevent access to the locking means.

2. In a towel-cabinet, the combination with a casing, stationary roller-bearings mounted therein, and two rollers mounted in said bearings, of means carried by each roller for attaching one end of a towel thereto, means for turning said rollers, means located within the casing for locking the rollers, and means for locking the casing to prevent access to the roller turning and locking means.

3. In a cabinet of the type described, a casing having an opening in its bottom, a door hinged to said casing, means for locking the door, a slide fitting an opening in the side of the casing, a lock for securing said slide, two rollers arranged in the casing, a plate fixed in the casing and having apertures to receive one end of each roller, a second plate fixed in the casing and having slots to receive the opposite end of each roller, said last-named plate being located adjacent to said slide, pins passing through the last-named plate into 10 said rollers, the ends of the rollers adjacent.

to the slidebeing shaped to fit a key by means of Which the rollers may be turned When said.

slide is opened.

In testimony whereof We aflix our signatures in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

HENRY MOCRORY. GEORGE J. VOGEL. Witnesses:

H. O. EVERT, J As. V. MCMASTERS. 

